The East Coker Opera House Murders #1940Club

2 years ago

Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…

1940 and the #1940Club

2 years ago

Hope I'm not jumping the gun here but the #1940Club starts next week and I've been gearing up and getting…

Sospan Fach and that Cursèd Wood

2 years ago

March is Dewithon Month  #Dewithon. You can read about this celebration of literary Wales at the link We are all invited…

The Pineapple Party

2 years ago

Norman Pearson returned towards the end of January, after an absence in Spain and Portugal, bearing two bananas, two oranges…

Language Matters and the Mother Tongue

2 years ago

Lots of appropriately scornful responses to the charity Oxfam's Inclusive Language Guide  published this week. First of all, it's 92…

Comfort Food and Comfort Books

2 years ago

A recent NYTimes Cooking newsletter from Melissa Clark drew my attention to the article about Raghavan Iyer by Kim Severson …

The Rise and Fall of Spurious George

2 years ago

Two centuries after William Hogarth published his engravings of the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, Rebecca West wrote a…

Classic Crime: Murder, she laughed

2 years ago

Felled by the dreaded lurgy in early January I was sidelined from my usual reading routine. It’s hard to concentrate…

Affirmation Generation

2 years ago

Vimeo has taken down the video "Affirmation Generation" but you can see it here. Take the time to watch this…

Literal Nazis and the Retro-transing of History

2 years ago

 Researching Marienbad and the Savoy led me to Erika Mann and all the gossip, scandal, politics, and drama of her…